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Privacy Policy

Introduction

AcedStudy takes cognizance of the fact that your privacy is very paramount, and we take it very seriously. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, storage, disclosure, and sharing of your personal information when you make use of the AcedStudy Platform, including its website www.acedstudy.com, its sub-domains, and its mobile-optimized versions. This Privacy Policy is applicable to activities by AcedStudy LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “AcedStudy,” “we” or “us”), our Site, its web pages, and any website that references this Policy, along with any of its operated websites and platforms, as well as any data we may collect across partnered and unaffiliated websites. This Policy also applies to PI collected through the mobile version of our Site, independently of the mobile operative system, mobile device, or browser you use to access it.

Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in our Terms of Service (“Terms”). We also recommend you to read our Terms, along with any and all of our rules, guidelines, and ancillary policies (if any), all easily accessed through the “Documents” section of the footer. By accessing or using our Platform, you affirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Privacy Policy and our Terms.

Definitions.

The following defined terms will be used in this Policy, whether they are used in the singular or plural form, or in the masculine or feminine form.

Privacy Policy shall be referred to as the                                                       “Policy”

AcedStudy LLC shall be referred to as                                                “AcedStudy” and “our”,us” or “we”.

www.acedstudy.com shall be referred to as the                                            “Site”

A visitor or end-user of our Site is referred to as                                      “you”,your(s)”, or “yourself”.

Personally Identifiable Information shall be referred to as                  “PI”

Terms and Conditions of Service shall be referred to as the                  “Terms”

PI, as described in various privacy laws and information security standards, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

In addition, the terms “collect”, “process”, “treat”, “use”, “share”, “disclose”, “divulge”, and analogous words shall refer to your PI and other data collected from our visitors and end-users.

All of the services provided by AcedStudy via the Site shall be collectively referred to as the “Services”.

User Agreement & Registration.

As a user of our Site, you will be asked to agree to this Policy by clicking on the “I Agree” checkbox on the registration form, pop-up box or other analogous means.  Through that action, you thereby acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Policy, which is and constitutes a legal, binding agreement between you and AcedStudy.

Overall, this Policy is freely available for your review prior to registration, and if you do not agree to its terms, your remedy shall consist of not registering an account, and exiting the web tab through which you visited our Site.

For purposes of this Policy, the Site shall be the initial point of contact between you and AcedStudy, and will serve as the point of collection of any personal data you may provide us.

Accordingly, by registering with us and/or otherwise using our products and services, you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, and disclosure of your PI as described in this Policy.

User Eligibility.

AcedStudy does not knowingly provide its Services to persons under the age of thirteen (13).  If you are under such age, you may only access AcedStudy and our Services under the direct, express, and unequivocal supervision of your parent or legal guardian. 

Users are prohibited from providing AcedStudy with personally identifiable information of persons under the age of thirteen (13) without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.  AcedStudy does not knowingly collect any kind of information from any person under the age of thirteen (13) and will delete any related information thereto.

How do We Collect Information?

When registering on our Site, when implementing an API, plug-in, or computer code component, when making a purchase, when providing our content recommendations, when using third party affiliate marketing networks, and other means which may result applicable, our platform will collect certain personally-identifying information.

We may also collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter or enter your email address, respond to a survey, fill out a form, use live chat or enter information on our Site.  Note that if you choose not to provide some personal data, we may not be able to provide the service to you or respond to your other requests.

Generally, through the provision of the Services, AcedStudy may collect the following types of PI:

Personal Information

Includes information that can be used to personally identify an individual person, such as: (e.g., mobile phone number, name (first and last), personal profile picture, email address, phone number).  Accordingly, you hereby represent and warrant to AcedStudy that you have the necessary rights and authorizations required for the disclosure of any and all PI.  For more information on copyright and intellectual property rights, please visit our Terms. 

Your name, photo, and any other information/data that you opt to add to your public-facing profile will be available for viewing by the public and other users of AcedStudy.

Immediately when you create a profile, others will be able to see in your profile certain information/data about your activities on AcedStudy, such as the questions and answers you post, your followers and whom you follow, your points and badges, topics that you find interesting, the information you list as credentials, and your edits to your content.

Thus, Personal Information collected will include, but will not be limited to:

Name and Surname

Email address

Phone number

Date of birth, age

Address, City, Region, Country

IP address

Non-Personal Information

Includes information that cannot be used to personally identify an individual person, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information that we may collect, such as number of clicks, platform types, preferences you submit, and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit.

User-Generated Content

We collect the information and content that you post to AcedStudy, including your questions, answers, photos, and comments.  Your content, date and time stamps, and all associated comments are publicly viewable on AcedStudy.   This also may be indexed by search engines and be republished elsewhere on the Internet in accordance with our Terms.

Personal Information Collected via Third-Party Tools

Such as aggregate user statistics, analytics, demographic information, and web site usage information.  As our user, you will generally be able to control and select the amount and type of PI you may disclose to us.

You may also choose to connect and make and receive payments to and from third-party networks; if you do so, you will be allowing us to pass to and receive from the third-party payment processing platforms your login information and other user data for payment purposes.

Personal Information Collected via Social Media Integration

We may allow our users to use single sign-on authentication services such as those provided by Facebook, Google, and others (if available).  Henceforth, the Site might provide an option of using your social media credentials and, thus, by such action, we will collect your PI as given by such third-party platforms, but never more than the PI these platforms disclose.  Collected PI from such third parties will include, but will not be limited to, friend lists, email, image gallery, likes, and other information.  If you close your social media account, or if you deauthorize our access, your access to our Site may be suspended.  For more information, please read the terms and policies of such third-party platforms.  Please take into account that such third party social media platforms may disclose and share your personal information according to their own rules, guidelines, and policies.

Technical Information Collected via the Site

As you navigate through a website, certain information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without you actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol addresses, cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection.

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.  

An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet and is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information because in most cases, an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet), rather than static (unique to a particular user’s computer).  We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our Website, and administer and improve services to our consumers.

Cookies. 

A “cookie” is a bit of information that a website sends to your web browser that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences.

Internet tags. 

Also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and 1-by-1 GIFs, they are smaller than cookies and tell the Site´s server information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor’s computer.  This Site uses Internet tags.

Navigational data

Also known as “log files,” “server logs”, “clickstream” data, and “Internet Tags”, they are used for system management, to improve the content of the site, market research purposes, and to communicate information to visitors.

Analytics

We may collect analytics data or use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service and to understand more about the demographics of our users. See http:www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners for more about Google analytics and practices. We may also employ third-party partners and technologies, including the application of statistical modeling tools, which attempt to recognize you across multiple devices.

Aggregated Statistics

We may share with our advertisers or publishers aggregate statistics, metrics, and other reports about the performance of their ads or content on the Platform, such as the number of unique user views, demographics about the users who saw their ads or content, conversion rates, and date and time information.  Certain features may allow you to share your personal information with advertisers on our platform if you opt to do so.

We may share aggregated or de-identified information with third parties for research, marketing, analytics, and other purposes, provided such information does not identify a particular individual.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.  The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here.

 

Why do We Collect Personal Information?

 

We will store PI for the purposes of managing collaboration with other users, improve your user experience, send newsletters and contact you about inquiries for our Services.  Overall, we use the collected PI in order to:

If you do not wish to disclose any or part of your PI to us, you may still be able to use some of the functionalities of our Site, though we will not be able to guarantee that you will be able to enjoy them at their fullest if you elect not to disclose it to us.

Disclosure of Personal Information.

Through the provision of its Services, AcedStudy may need to disclose and/or collect the following PI:

Disclosure to Affiliates and Partners

We will need to share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.  

We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Site, which will enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our Site over time.  This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages, or features, and better understand online activity.

Public Domain

In addition, any of your submitted user-generated content may be indexed by search engines. In some cases, we may charge for access to your content and public information on our platform

Disclosure to Business Successors. 

If our business is sold or merges in whole or in part with another business that would become responsible for providing the Site to you, we retain the right to transfer your PI to the new business.  The new business would retain the right to use your PI according to the terms of this Policy as well as to any changes to this privacy notice as instituted by the new business.  We will also retain the right to transfer your PI if our company files for bankruptcy and some or all of our assets are sold to another individual or business.

Lawful Disclosure. 

We, or our affiliates, clients, contractors, licensors, officers, agents, and/or representatives, reserve the right to allow access to any of your PI when we think it is reasonably important or when you violate the terms mentioned in this policy.  Hereafter, we will have the right to disclose any or all gathered PI and/or data when the following circumstances arise: (i) if necessary under an applicable law; (ii) in reply to a legal demand, warrants, or subpoena from an agency of the law; (iii) to protect ourselves and our affiliates from any legal third party claims and procedures that may be brought to us (inclusive of takedown notices); and/or (iv) to prevent or cause cessation of any undertakings that may be construed by us as having the ability to be or cause a predicament or hazard to us.

Vital Interests.

We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

Disclosure of PI to Third Party PI Processors.

In order to provide our services, we use third-party platforms and tools, such as those provided by Google and Amazon, among other providers.  Please be aware that such platforms are governed by their own terms, policies, and personal data collection practices and policies.  Accordingly, by acknowledging your consent to this Policy, you are also acknowledging the applicable terms and conditions of such third-party platforms, which provide functionalities that include aggregated statistics.  Upon the case of any discrepancy or conflict among this Policy and the terms of them, the terms of the latter entities will govern.

Our Site may also present our commercial partner’s hyperlinks as well as those of other third parties.  Once you have used these links to leave our Site, you should note that we do not have any control over other websites.  Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such websites and that such websites are not governed by this privacy statement.  You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Commercial Message Communications Authorization.

Occasionally, we will ask you for express permission and approval to receive electronic messages in electronic format, which are then sent to an electronic address and that contains a message asking recipients to participate in commercial activities such as newsletters, purchase of products, services, and invitations to participate in surveys.

We will send you service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so.  For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is released, which will affect the way you use our services, we might send you an email.  Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are neither commercial nor promotional in nature.

Generally, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data if grounds for this objection is to direct marketing.  Henceforth, if you no longer wish to receive email updates and other commercial communications and messages, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.

Cookie Policy.

Periodically, we may place what are known as ‘cookies’ inside your computer device for the purpose of tracking and collecting data in regard to your utilization of our Site and our Services.  These files are small texts that our site transfers to your computer device, and which allow us to recognize you and obtain certain data.  By agreeing to accept our use of cookies, you are giving us, and the third parties we partner with, permission to place, store, and access some or all the cookies described below on your computer:

We may also collect and use the data contained in log files, which may include your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our platform, the time you visited our platform, and which sections you visited.

When you access our platform via a mobile device, we may use your mobile device ID (i.e., the unique identifier assigned to a mobile device by the manufacturer) and/or Advertising ID (for Apple iOS) instead of cookies in order to recognize you and track displayed web pages, along with their performance.  For the latest versions of Apple iOS, your device would request you one or more times for your express consent for advertising tracking.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.  If you wish so, you can easily disable cookies on your web browsing software by following the step-by-step guides located at www.allaboutcookies.org and at www.youronlinechoices.com.

Advertising.

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) and Facebook Audience Network. These third parties may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs, and other tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you.

From time to time, we may use Google Analytics, Ad Words, Double Click and/or Ad Sense tracking codes, and other third-party software tools (such as remarketing codes) in order to collect information and marketing analytics about the manner in which you browse our platform and services.

The served ads will be targeted based on your previous browsing history and may include retargeting codes.  For example, third-party vendors may show you AcedStudy’s ads on certain websites across the Internet, even after you leave our platform.  The collected information is anonymized, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals.  Using such tools, we learn how to optimize and serve ads based on a user’s past visits, providing you with a better user experience.

We also may report aggregated or de-identified information about the number of users that saw a particular ad or content and related audience engagement information to users of our Services and to publishers of content on AcedStudy.

Advertisers who use our Services can, likewise, provide us with information as part of their ad campaigns, including customer information (e.g., email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information, demographic or interest data) in order to create custom audiences for personalizing their ad campaigns or for measuring the effectiveness of their ads; we only use this information to facilitate the particular advertiser’s campaign (including ad metrics and reporting to that advertiser), and we do not disclose this information to third parties (other than our service providers) unless required by law.  Also, we do not disclose to the advertisers who use our Services the names or contact information of their customers.

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles.  Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Site.  Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our Site, third-party vendor’s websites, and other websites on the Internet. 

Unlike cookies, device IDs cannot be deleted, but you can select to reset your Advertising IDs in the “Settings” section of your mobile device.

You can learn more about how to opt-out by browsing Google’s opting-out and privacy pages located at www.google.com, or the Network Advertising Initiative website.

Opt-out Choice about Third-Party Ad Networks.

Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network web page.

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings web page.  Alternatively, you can opt-out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add-on.

For information about and to opt-out of interest-based ads from many ad networks, go to:

Do-Not-Track Disclosure.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected.

At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.  If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

Your User Choices.

You can decline to submit information through AcedStudy, in which case we may not be able to provide certain services to you. You can also control the types of notifications and communications we send, limit the information shared within our platform about you, and otherwise modify certain privacy settings. Here is some further information about some of your choices:

You can update or modify your account information at any time by logging in to your account. You may also make a number of other adjustments to settings or the display of information about you.

Any deleted content will be removed from third party sites from which it has been shared via AcedStudy’s standard sharing features.  However, we have no control over deletions or changes to your content if it has been shared manually by others.  When you edit your content, other users will be able to see the history of those edits in your profile activity and on content edit logs.

Security of Collected Information.

The security of your PI is important to us, but please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.  While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

You can be assured that personal information collected through the Site is secure and is maintained in a manner consistent with current industry standards.  The importance of security for all personal information associated with our subscribers is of utmost concern to us.  Your personal information is protected in several ways.  We protect inputted information by undertaking reasonable technical and administrative security measures (e.g., firewalls, data encryption, physical & administrative access controls to the data and servers) that limit the risk of loss, abuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration.

Notice to California Residents.

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”), AcedStudy LLC and its affiliates hereto provide the following notice regarding the categories of PI that we have collected or disclosed within the preceding twelve (12) months about California residents who are not employees, independent contractors, owners, directors, officers, or job applicants of AcedStudy, or emergency contacts or benefits beneficiaries of the foregoing.

Henceforth, the CCPA provides Californians with the following rights:

Overall, we have, may, or will collect the following categories of PI from our users, customers, and individuals, as necessary to fulfill our legal obligations and operational business purposes:

Amendments to this Policy.

Periodically, and at the final discretion of ourselves, we may update, change, suspend and/or modify or our Site, our services, this Policy and/or our Terms, in whole or in part.  We hereby reserve such rights in order to operate our business and protect ourselves.  Your use after any changes indicates your acceptance thereof, and we will post a notice regarding such changes on our Site, and may also write an email to you or otherwise notify you.

If a situation warrants that we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on this page, so you should review this page periodically.  If we make any changes to this Policy that materially change how we treat your personal information, we will endeavor to provide you with prompt notice of such changes, such as through prominent notice in AcedStudy or to your email address of record, and where required by law, we will obtain your consent or give you the opportunity to opt-out of such.

Governing Language.

From time to time, this Policy may be translated into other languages for your convenience.  The English language version of each of these documents shall be the version that prevails and governs your use of the Site and our products and services.  In the case of any conflict between the English language version and any translated version, the English language version will prevail.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments about us, our Site, our Terms, and/or this Policy, please contact us via support@acedstudy.com. Note that communications made to support@acedstudy.com or the “Contact Us” page do not constitute legal notice to the AcedStudy entity. 

For legal notices, send an email to legal@acedstudy.com. You may also contact us to report violations to this Policy or our Terms, or to report alleged copyright infringements via policy@acedstudy.com.

This Privacy Policy was last modified on February 4, 2021.

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